1 Dynasty

   Dynasty is known as one of Shanghai's top Cantonese restaurants with centuries-old history. It boasts the some high level chefs who often serve the visiting heads of stated at special banquets. For their expertise, you can enjoy delicate and a little insipidity cate. Perenial favorite include You Bao Xia (shrimp boiled in hot oil), Xia Jiao (shrimp dumpling), Suanni Bairou (garlic plain boiled pork) and so on. Meanwhile, the regular Koto play here also adds some feeling to the elegant atmosphere. 

   2 Lao Tan

   If you would like try some Guizhou cuisine at Shanghai, then Lao Tan is your best choice. Located at the Xingfu Road, Lao Tan has the barn-like dinning room where the modern are and broken pottery decorate the walls of eatery. Highly recommended are mouthwatering chicken and sour fish soup, especially their spicy and pepper even can rival the spiciest Sichuan cuisine

   3 Da Jia Cun Restaurant

    This elegant and award-winning restaurant in Shanghai, People on the Water, boasts of fresh seafood from Ningbo, possessing of has blue hues, flowing water, glass bridge and tanks of fresh fish. Here the menu favorite include deep fried crab with sinfully thick roe, steamed snow cabbage with yellow fish, clams on sizzling plate and shrimp with crispy seaweed. Table service is stylish and impeccable. And it is required to reserve ahead of time.

   4 Xin Wang

   Xin Wang, a popular small cafe chain eatery in Shanghai, serves up a hodge-podge of Chinese comfort foods catering to all crowds. Here the food is flavorful without being overwhelming, like Yangzhou chaofan (fried rice), Xianxia yuntun mian (shrimp wonton noodles in soup) and so on

    5 Di Shui Dong 

   This delightful restaurant has something of a celebrity in Shanghai. Push the gate of Shui Di Dong gently; you'll have a feeling of primitive simplicity, as if you walk into a cave. The highlight here is Hunan Cuisine. The worth trying dishes are ziran paigu (cumin ribs), gan guo ji (chicken in chili pot), suan doujiao roumo (mashed pork with sour beans), duojiao yutou (fish head steamed with red chili), and xiangwei hongshu bo (fragrant sweet potato in monk's pot). 

   
   6 Fook Lam Moon 

    Fool Lam Moon is noted for its seafood dishes in Shanghai. Situated on the second level of River Wing, patrons can appreciate the breathtaking view of the Bund while taste the best of Cantonese flavor, including exquisitely prepare hot and sour cucumber skin, chilled river shrimp, roasted sucking pig and crispy chicken.

    7 Dolar Shop

   Dolar Shop is one of the most popular hot pot eatery in Shanghai. It is mostly different from the traditional such store, with obscuration lamplight, red screen window, crystal shade, decorated fashion and elegance. At this lively restaurant, each patron gets his own mini steamboat, with a choice to concoct the dip. The reservation is highly recommended.

    8 Taihu Boat Cuisine

    Shanghai is an international metropolis, and the Huaihai Road is the commercial and cultural center of Shanghai. So the Jinzhong Taihu Boat Cuisine, just situated at the 6th floor of Golden Bell Plaza, is a bright phearl of Huaihai Road.

    The place is fresh, elegant and cozy with magnificent lobby, beautifully wrought crystal glass, and shining golden tree and silver flower. The highlights here are the famed “three treasures of Taihu Lake” under the sun, including white shrimp, white reeves shad, and whitebait.

    Highly recommended dishes are as follow:

   Taihu reeves shad: immediately prepare and cook the fresh fish (just out of water) with secret method, then steam it. The fish has a good taste and aromatic smell.

    Taihu white shrimp: It is very easy to eat the authentic fresh water white shrimp. Just boil it with salt water, and then you can taste the fresh, natural and nutritious flavor.

    Smoked pomfret: This is a famous dish in Chinese and Western cuisine. First select some fresh pemfret, wash and air drying them, and then smoke it until appearing the delicious smells. The dish has sweet-smelling, pleasant texture and inviting color.

   

     9 Sichuan Court

   
     Sichuan Court, located on the 39th floor of Hilton Shanghai Hotel, is specializing in quality Sichuan cuisine with strictly formal environment. It caters for well dressed crowd and provides first-rate food, dressed up in spices flown in daily from Sichuan. Perennial favorite include the Sichuan treasure box featuring an assortment of cold appetizers, braised sliced cod with minced pork in chili sauce, and dandan mian(noodles in spicy peanut sauce) here is also worth trying.

   10 Yunnan Gourmet 

    This small eatery specialize in typical Yunnan snacks. The most popular food here is the guoqiao mixian (various meats, vegetables, and rice noodles cooked in a piping-hot , oil-layered broth).